From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:14:45 GMT
Subject: Re: Performance issue: initial git clone causes massive repack
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0904061011460.6741@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <20090406T140124Z@curie.orbis-terrarum.net>

On Mon, 6 Apr 2009, Robin H. Johnson wrote:

> I haven't read all this morning submissions to the thread yet, but I
> wanted to make two posts before I leave on a trip (in ~20 minutes), and
> I'll be back late on Thursday.
> 
> On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 09:29:04AM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > > To me, this is a non-issue (if the content of these objects are
> > > secret, then why are they here at all on a public server?), but I
> > > think there were discussions here about it (can't find the right
> > > keywords to dig the archives though), and other people may think
> > > differently.
> > Guess who was involved in that discussion...
> > I may allow you to pull certain branches directly from my own PC through 
> > the git native protocol.  That doesn't mean you have direct access to 
> > the whole of any of the packs I have on my disk.
> If the native rsync protocol is allowed to the repo, then that argument
> is moot.

The rsync protocol is _not_ the native git protocol.  And I personally 
don't encourage its usage either, except as a _temporary_ workaround for 
unresolved issues.  You will never see this protocol available from any 
git server I maintain.


Nicolas